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Gunmen stormed the house of a longtime American aid worker in Niger, killing two people before fleeing with the man toward the border with Mali, authorities say. It is believed to be the first time an American citizen has been abduc...

Jeffery Woodke, a U.S. aid worker who has lived and worked in northern Niger for up to two decades, has been kidnapped by gunmen who also killed his guards and house help on Friday. Niger’s interior ministry released a statement on ...

Niger has launched an army operation to hunt down a kidnapped American aid worker, the west African country's interior minister said Saturday. The aid worker -- the first US national to be kidnapped in Niger -- was abducted Friday n...

An American NGO worker was kidnapped Friday night in the Niger town of Abalak, northeast of the capital Niamey, before being taken by his abductors to Mali, a security source told AFP. "An American NGO worker was kidnapped Friday ar...